The mightiest efforts of Mackensen's forces were unable to check him.
Mackensen attacked on the whole line in the Dobrudja, and five days later he was on the vital Cernavoda Bridge.
"I have been into the books very carefully with Mackensen, the accountant, and there seems no doubt," he said.
This was not officially confirmed, but apparently another attempt was made to strike Mackensen's rear from across the river.
Five days later Mackensen cut the southern line between Lublin and Cholm, and the sides of the triangle were fast closing in.
